As the weeks zoomed by (get it - “zoomed by”) in early October, San Francisco continued to settle in to the “new normal” living with COVID-19 in 2020. Barber shops, salons, tattoo and massage parlors all opened back up. Outdoor dining structures in front of restaurants had become ubiquitous. Limited capacity indoor dining also resumed. More hotels opened and more tourists were wandering about. Fewer businesses were boarded up. Museums opened at limited capacity. We actually visited the Asian Art Museum!
Still, many businesses have permanently closed and others still have not reopened. Poverty and desperation are prevalent on the streets in San Francisco, one of the wealthy cities in the country. Even though San Francisco’s Coronavirus infection numbers have been low, we have a long way to go to recover from the pandemic.